California acupuncture group the California government low-income recovery of medical treatment insurance to pay acupuncture treatment

Time: 2016-08-02

Source: China Radio International

Author: recruit, rainbow

China Radio International news (special correspondent for rainbow), California's governor, signed on June 28 - brown California budget included restoring medi-cal pay the bill of acupuncture and moxibustion treatment, June 30, the American association of traditional Chinese medicine and Congressman David chiu at a news conference in San Francisco's Chinatown, announced the medi-cal restore pay acupuncture treatment.

California's low-income medi-cal health insurance payment acupuncture is brown governor governor for the first time in 1978 funding. This is the first time the California government health care system will be paid for acupuncture into its scope, the California acupuncture up huge demonstration into the mainstream society and promote the role. From then on, many of the California medical health insurance and injury insurance will be paid for acupuncture treatment into the project, system of inductrial injury insurance regulations will also be an acupuncturist in California, ridge therapy with western medicine physicians, such as teeth as physicians (Phisycian). Medi-cal pay makes California acupuncture treatment many low-income people have access to a good curative effect, no side effects of acupuncture and moxibustion treatment, especially for many elderly people suffering from pain disease is of great help, is popular among them.

In 2009, the state of California suffered huge financial difficulties due to the economic downturn, so delete the medi-cal payment of acupuncture and moxibustion. In recent years, California's fiscal situation improves, people constantly want to restore medi-cal payment of acupuncture and moxibustion. Especially in recent years, many people, including many celebrities) caused by physical pain disease too much pain medications body hurt or even killed, make people government health care system will be asked to pay a good curative effect and no side effects of acupuncture treatment for more intense.

The American association of traditional Chinese medicine with the protesters, early last year, during a meeting with state Huang Xiansheng President, wei, vice President of the speaker of the house of representatives, Toni Atkins, pay its request to restore medi-cal acupuncture treatment, with the approval of Atkins speaker and revive medi-cal pay the acupuncture treatment program, the league of mp in the asia-pacific and the Texas legislature support.

In April this year, the state assemblyman ding right set Phil Ting, Qiu Xin David Chiu told the American association of traditional Chinese medicine, this year the state council's Asia Pacific member alliance will continue to support to recover medi-cal pay for acupuncture and wish to strive for the American association of traditional Chinese medicine and industry. Guild immediately action of traditional Chinese medicine in the United States, led by the American association of traditional Chinese medicine, and the California more than ten ethnic acupuncture association President signed, to the governor, and in May the house of representatives speaker of the house of a letter of request to restore medi-cal payment of acupuncture and moxibustion.

The American association of traditional Chinese medicine to lobby for the key figures of the person in charge. House budget committee chairman ding right set Phil Ting first expressed strong support for recovery medi-cal pay acupuncture, speaker of the house of representatives Anthony Rendon, chairman of the senate budget committee, says Mark Leno, Jim Nielsen, vice President of the senate budget committee, house health committee chairman Rob Bonta, house budget committee health group chairman Tony Thurmond has expressed support for medi-cal restore pay for acupuncture and moxibustion. As the house budget committee chairman ding right legislator Phil Ting in the final to restore medi-cal pay acupuncture played a key role.

Restore medi-cal pay for acupuncture treatment is a study of trade, the patient is beneficial, not only can let the acupuncture back into the state's health care system, improve the industry in the status of mainstream medicine, acupuncture and for some low income patients group and opened all have great help, and acupuncture and moxibustion industry return society, service society an actual measure. Restore medi-cal for payment of TCM acupuncture and moxibustion acupuncture group is seeking federal congress chu acupuncture bill will also have good franchises.